#lore-discussion

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peak escarp
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Sigma does not have any specific mental illness, just trauma from exposure to a black hole

bitter kite
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“Soldier: 76: Snap out of it, old man. Talon is using you.
Sigma: An ant on the ceiling! Where are you going, little friend!
Soldier: 76: Hey, I'm talking to you!
Sigma: Oh, there's another one. Such delightful creatures.”

Sigma has completely lost it

noble pendant
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If the game isn't cannon and he's being used as a living weapon it might be possible that he's used as defence for a base (like he's told to lock down an area in 0 gravity), a power source for something or maybe just a trump card to pull out. Who knows maybe he's essential in causing the conflicts that Talon profits off of.

peak escarp
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his only lore appearance outside of his origin story was in Code of Violence, where he was being stolen out of a government facility by Reaper/Sombra

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bitter kite
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True, definitely a combination of multiple

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One thing for sure though is sigma is “willingly” working for talon and has no idea what talon’s real goal is

peak escarp
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they give him everything he needs, why would he question it?

bitter kite
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“Baptiste: You're strong enough to leave Talon. They can't trap you!
Sigma: But I am not trapped! My colleagues give me everything I need!
Baptiste: I thought the same thing for too long.”

peak escarp
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exactly

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I'd like to see Overwatch rescue Sigma

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maybe with a little inside help from his friend Sombra

noble pendant
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I wonder how much of Talon wants to make money, how much dont know the true goals and how much are true Talon bad guys

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Like the percentages

peak escarp
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I think at the grunt level, it's just a job to them

earnest hemlock
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Who are the two most powerful heroes in lore? I said Sig and Doom

peak escarp
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like Baptiste was just in it for money

noble pendant
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Are the grunts criminals?

peak escarp
noble pendant
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People with military background?

peak escarp
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probably a little of both

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Baptiste was military

noble pendant
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I'd say Sym has no limits, her limit is her imagination

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peak escarp
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but even among the council, there's some who are just in it for money - like Vialli and Maximilien

earnest hemlock
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my friend says that genji would whoop sym

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i disagree

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peak escarp
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nah Symm would win easy

earnest hemlock
peak escarp
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can't deflect/dodge beams

noble pendant
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Genji is a highly trained warrior, sure, but you can't deflect hardlight

peak escarp
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and Symmetra is a trained operative too

noble pendant
peak escarp
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we see Symmetra go on a mission to gather intel in the comic A Better World

bitter kite
earnest hemlock
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my friend is going bonkers idfk

peak escarp
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the only thing she has in common with Sigma is that she doesn't know what her boss is up to

peak escarp
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Symmetra can fight

noble pendant
peak escarp
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she even says she doesn't kill unless she has to, implying that she has killed before

noble pendant
peak escarp
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because Winston beat Doomfist in a fight once already, and Orisa was built to counter Doomfist

dawn topaz
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And look how that turned out

noble pendant
dawn topaz
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Fair enough

noble pendant
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It was the OR15 security bots that got doomed

dawn topaz
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also hanzo

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Especially young rein

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careless, but would put up a good fight against winston

alpine pawn
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hanzo has a bow and maybe dragons but thats just like having a rocket launcher

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rein tho hes not even close lol

dawn topaz
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I mean do we really know the full strength of the dragons?...plus they are magic and shit

alpine pawn
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yeah fair but rein is defo just as strong as any knight

dawn topaz
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And Rein in his prime was able to take on an bastion army on his own. His weakness is mostly just his cockiness

peak escarp
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Orisa already chased Doomfist off once in Hero of Numbani... with Lucio's help

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alpine pawn
dawn topaz
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Rein was having a field day with the bastions and was killing hundreds of them without breaking a sweat

alpine pawn
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heck they were forced to retreat by the first model of orisa

dawn topaz
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it was when the or14 units showed up that he had to retreat

noble pendant
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Also that wasn't confirmed that it was Reinhardt

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And that it was E54 units, might have been an earlier version

alpine pawn
dawn topaz
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A Bastion unit is no joke, this is made very clear in the bastion short and the torb comic

alpine pawn
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we can see in the bastion cinematic they falled by the dozen against anyone with knight armor

dawn topaz
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exactly

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german engineering is the best in the world

alpine pawn
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eh but those knight armors lose against the omnic or14 and doomfist defeated a bunch of or15 and orisa chased doom so

dawn topaz
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Do they though? The armors tank the shots easily and in the end it was rein thinking he's a hot shot that caused balderich or whatever he's called's death

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and yeah, the sword may be a problem

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but at the same time I don't think doomfist could tank a laser sword to the chest

alpine pawn
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yeah but if you pay attention one of them just jumps over a knight in the background and squashes them like a bug

dawn topaz
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Jesus, fr?

alpine pawn
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yeah

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i suspect 0r14 were actually more scary than 0r15 but efi must fitted orisa with a lot of improvements

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shes one of the smartest humans of her time and has acces to one of the most technologically advance cities

dawn topaz
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yeah Or14 had laser swords

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And Null Sector removed them and replaced them with the barrier

alpine pawn
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must been for production costs, null sector usually does replacable stuff that they can swarm with probably to compensate for not having as many omniums

pulsar girder
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this chat full of nerds

past osprey
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wait where can I read this lore

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I wanna be a nerd

grand wedge
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In the pined messages ( or the media page on the official website)

pulsar girder
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what a waste of money

grave jasper
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yall hear that?

peak escarp
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looks like we'll be finding out who the next hero is tomorrow

dense nebula
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Better be Mauga or Sanjay

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Hoping more for Mauga

peak escarp
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Mauga or the Null Null Sector Leader are the top 2 contenders

dawn topaz
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Mama Hong

peak escarp
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no

dawn topaz
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But in all seriousness I would love to get the project titan concept characters as skins or maybe as their own heroes someday

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Phreak could be tweaked into a junkertown healer

zenith ridge
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Who is Sanjay?

dense nebula
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Head of Vishkar

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Also on Talon’s main group

fathom oxide
dawn topaz
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bruh sanjay looks like a normal mf

dense nebula
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Hard Light tech

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Could make for an interesting tank

dawn topaz
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So

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Is he like...

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evil symmetra?

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Because in that case I'm not a fan

vagrant nymph
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Hanzo and genji are gay

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Roadhog is gay

dawn topaz
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Since when

vagrant nymph
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Since

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Yeah

dawn topaz
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roadhog I could see it

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Hanzo also, but alot less and I think I am mainly being taken by the hanzo x cassidy ship propaganda

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but Genji?

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No...

fathom oxide
vagrant nymph
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Shush

vagrant nymph
fathom oxide
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Road hog isn’t either bruh 💀

vagrant nymph
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Hum

dawn topaz
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He could be though

vagrant nymph
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Roadhog looks gay

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He even show his butt

dawn topaz
vagrant nymph
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I dont read any

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Watch my pfp

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Do I look like the kind of person reading fanfics

fathom oxide
vagrant nymph
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Oh

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Lemme see genji face hold on

dawn topaz
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I'm suprised tracer doesn't have a skin from back when she was training with blackwatch genji

vagrant nymph
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Okay nvrm

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Genji looks homophobic

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Nvrm he's not gay

neon shell
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Yeah hanzo Fsfs gay bros nipple just out there

dawn topaz
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not anymore

vagrant nymph
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Fr

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Shush

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He has a slim bodysuit now

dawn topaz
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he covered his chest in ow 2 😭

vagrant nymph
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That's why I use ow 1 skin 💋

dawn topaz
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All ow1 skins are better

vagrant nymph
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Zenyatta is asexual

dawn topaz
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except maybe orisa

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zenyatta is a robot.

vagrant nymph
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Zenyatta is just chilling here

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And kicking with his feet

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Junkers queen is not straight

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Tracer looks very british

dawn topaz
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tracer is lesbian

vagrant nymph
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And very british

dawn topaz
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and widow is totally lesbian (she hates men)

vagrant nymph
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Well its litterally her name

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Widow

dawn topaz
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Well she's actually a widowmaker

vagrant nymph
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Yeah

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At first I thought her name was windowmaker

dense nebula
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She had a husband you know

dawn topaz
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so she not only is a widow herself, but she also kills other men and thus, reproduces by turning more women into widows

dense nebula
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Before she….

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Killed him

vagrant nymph
dense nebula
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My condolences

dawn topaz
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(Do not post the pure white flag Do not post the pure white flag Do not post the pure white flag)

vagrant nymph
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But it sounds so forced to hear her speaking in french cus it doesn't sound natural

dawn topaz
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Personne chappe mon regardé

vagrant nymph
vagrant nymph
dawn topaz
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Thank god I ain't american

vagrant nymph
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Oh nvrm I like you

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What the...

dawn topaz
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👍

vagrant nymph
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Whos typing....

dense nebula
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Tu Mater

vagrant nymph
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Omg

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The name is omg

vagrant nymph
dense nebula
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The name doesn’t make sense now cause I changed my pfp

vagrant nymph
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Widow say No one escape from my sight

dawn topaz
dense nebula
vagrant nymph
dense nebula
vagrant nymph
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Oh wait u changed again

dense nebula
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The first pfp was an Italian puppet

vagrant nymph
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Oh

dense nebula
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Where tf did you get Hispanic

vagrant nymph
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I thought it was the puppet from yk this show with the puppet maria

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And the translator

dawn topaz
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Roadhog is australian

dense nebula
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Kiwi actually

vagrant nymph
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His bellybutton is hella big

dense nebula
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He’s from New Zealand

dawn topaz
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That's not real

dense nebula
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Hence why he has those Islander and Toa skins

vagrant nymph
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He might be the only ow character with unrealistic bodyshape

dawn topaz
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If New Zealand were real then Old Zealand would have to be too

dawn topaz
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he is a midget

vagrant nymph
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Lemme see

dawn topaz
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I can't imagine him outside of the suit being a tiny man

vagrant nymph
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He looks kinda buff but only has a big armor

dense nebula
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Rein is like 6’7 out of the armor

vagrant nymph
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Yeah

dawn topaz
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He still looks unnatural outside of the armor

dense nebula
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Mfw he has Hollywood muscles and not real muscle smh

vagrant nymph
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Yuh

dense nebula
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If you’re wondering what real muscle looks like

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Look up Brian Shaw

vagrant nymph
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Oki

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What the....

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Hum

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Hes not my type

dense nebula
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Well that’s real muscle

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The kind that lifts weights like Zarya

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Which, fun fact, her record isn’t even achievable irl

vagrant nymph
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I used to think zarya was a guy

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Zarya has a normal body

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Its not all muscles

dense nebula
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Even further proof that that record shouldn’t be possible

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Not even the World’s Strongest Man could lift that sort of weight irl iirc

vagrant nymph
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Baptiste x lucio

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Sorry but they don't look straight

dawn topaz
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lucio is straight

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he has a love hate relationship with sym

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100%

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same with soldier and reaper

whole cedar
vagrant nymph
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Moria is lesbian

dense nebula
whole cedar
limpid agate
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The only things we know is:
Not explicitly said, but Straight: Ana, Widowmaker, Reaper, Torbjorn, Ana
Teased Straight: Genji, Mercy
Gay: Soldier 76
Lesbian: Tracer

dense nebula
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Junkrat: Junkrat

viral obsidian
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What do the symbols and writing mean, on Kirito’s healing ofuda on her witch skin?

dense nebula
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Idk

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All I know is her very existence is a retcon to lore

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And I’ll always hate her for existing

iron gorge
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wait a sec

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the 8-pointed star one has a lot of alchemy and astrology symbols

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u can see the symbol of venus, sagittarius and quincunx on it

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the red symbol in the middle is sun

grim pawn
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i finished reading the hero of numbani
it was good OrisaHappy

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im surprised just how many of orisa's interactions reference it

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i wonder how many people are out of the loop when they hear it

iron gorge
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the 8-pointed star itself symbolises venus in Mesopotamian culture

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which is called the star of ishtar

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the second ofuda's upper part is actually written in the cirth alphabet made by j.r.r.tolkien

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the bottom part is written with masonic words of freemasonry

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the edge decorations of the ofudas is also in masonic words

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which says "witch card cirico sigil witch card"

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(there's no letter K in the alphabet so it's replaced by C)

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the second ofuda's bottom part is the poem "summer magic" by Leslie Pinckney Hill in masonry words

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yea thats about it

peak escarp
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we don't know his title/position, but he seems more like middle management

dawn topaz
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Sigma: How does this omnic defy gravity? No repulsors are to be detected!
Zenyatta: I owe my gifts to the Iris.
Sigma: Oh, the Iris, of course! We've met.
Zenyatta: How... fortunate for you.

Yet people only now act like the made up "no magic" rule was broken with kiriko

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Anyways I'm gonna go read some of the comics

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And

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I already have questions...

peak escarp
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Sigma also says he's spent time with fairies

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so not exactly trustworthy

dawn topaz
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I meant the zen part of the conversation

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Zen uses Iris magic

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But anyways

limpid agate
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That's... Not it.

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We've seen things float without visible repulsors in the past, so Zen was nothing special.

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And "Iris Magic" isnt a thing

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The Iris is like Nirvana

dawn topaz
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Fair enough, I guess...?

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But anyways.
In Tracer-London calls, Tracer removes her stabilizer thingy when she gets home to emily and I have to know

limpid agate
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She just needs to be near it

dawn topaz
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alright

limpid agate
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Its also worth mentioning that in the past:

  • We were given the word "Omnic Energies" to explain Zen's powers, albeit never given further explanation
  • Discord was explicitly stated to be non-canon
  • Transcendence was shown to be not something he can do. Symmetra simulated it with Hard Light in the short story Stone by Stone (Also another example of floating with no repulsors that is not magic)
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And Hanzo's spirit dragons appeared and behaved similar to Symmetra's orbs

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And were also explicitly stated to not be magic

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That's no longer true.

dawn topaz
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Wasn't that retconned, yeah

limpid agate
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Yes

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As of Kiriko

dawn topaz
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So Dragons and foxes are magic now

limpid agate
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Hence, the whole "no magic" rule was retconned by Kiriko's addition

dawn topaz
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No big deal, I honestly think that the previous dragon explanations were just asspulls but whatever.

limpid agate
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Not really. They were identical in all but appearance

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And even then

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Hard light is malleable, and they're the same colour and transparency

dawn topaz
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I doubt the overwatch team put that much thought into it tbh

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The thought process was probably just: big cool dragon

worthy rose
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it was also to stay true to the clans theme, theres dragons averywhere in hanamoura :p

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thats why genji gets one too

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his little tiny one when he pulls his blade

dawn topaz
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dont sizeshame him

worthy rose
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LOLL

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who has the most uninteresting lore in your opinion?

limpid agate
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Kiriko

dawn topaz
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Kiriko has the potential

limpid agate
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She actively fucks up the story in multiple respects

dawn topaz
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but the execution is awful

limpid agate
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Not just the magic part

worthy rose
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her fight scene was kinda cool tho

dawn topaz
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How old is genji?

worthy rose
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idk like 30?

limpid agate
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They fucked up the timeline, and she was written with 3 conflicting personalities across her 3 appearances in game/the short/Yokai

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Genji is 35

dawn topaz
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uh huh

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so if we assume genji in that one flashback is like...a teen

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jesus how young was kiriko when they trained

limpid agate
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Kiriko was never given an explicit age, but based on what was told and the order of events we've seen

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She's 20

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Early 20s at best

dawn topaz
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Yeah the wiki says she's 23

limpid agate
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The wiki has no source

worthy rose
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shes at least old enough to be living on her own lokking at you orisa

limpid agate
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The wiki says Early 20s

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And is sourced on that

dawn topaz
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huh, could've sworn it specifically said 23

worthy rose
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idk, i saw like 25 in her

karmic turret
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we're still on magic talk?

worthy rose
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yep

dawn topaz
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According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that D.Va should be able to fly. The Mech's thrusters are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. D.Va, of course, flies anyways. Because she doesn't care what humans think is impossible.

karmic turret
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christ

worthy rose
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@dawn topaz lol

alpine pawn
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lmaqo

noble pendant
dawn topaz
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She is something far worse

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a gamer.

worthy rose
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i feel as though D.vas mech has like jet engines or some form of fuel we dont have here that could lift her meka off the ground

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but thats not in the lore ;/

alpine pawn
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what starcraft faction does she play?

worthy rose
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it just says she plays profeshoinally

dawn topaz
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I never played starcraft

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so idk

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I'm shocked that she doesn't have any direct evangelion references in her skins

peak escarp
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she doesn't play Starcraft professionally

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that got retconned

dawn topaz
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She seems like the kind of person to speedrun mario 64 until she gets the world record

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like I'm talking her getting a speedrun that's nearly as perfect as a TAS

worthy rose
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@peak escarp i was unaware of thar ty! 🙂

dawn topaz
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wow

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Torbjorn has ALOT of kids

peak escarp
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grandkids

dawn topaz
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I'm 99% sure that you need to use some leprechaun luck to actually find a woman that likes people below 6'

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then again it IS torbjörn

peak escarp
alpine pawn
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hes a very nice man if you actually hear him talk

peak escarp
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which makes more sense

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she still likes Starcraft, just not professionally

worthy rose
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yea it absolutely does, she probably hooks up and plays in her mech

dawn topaz
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D.Va would 100% suck at overwatch

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She'd constantly fly into 1v5s

worthy rose
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@dawn topaz she would play herself XD

dawn topaz
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Who wouldn't play as themselves?

alpine pawn
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heck hes the one for which a family makes more sense considering the other heroes they are all a bit intense lol

dawn topaz
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I mean he bursts into flames when angered

worthy rose
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thats true

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MOLTEN COREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

alpine pawn
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so that makes two parent heroes

worthy rose
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whos the other?

dawn topaz
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Ana

worthy rose
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ah yes i forgot about that

peak escarp
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Ana, Torbjorn and Reaper are the heroes with known children

dawn topaz
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Reaper has children?

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poor kids

peak escarp
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he has a son

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his wife and son think he's dead

dawn topaz
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Wait, do people know about the corpse in the eichenwalde castle?

worthy rose
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@dawn topaz WHAT!?

dawn topaz
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Or did nobody ever bother asking rein about the missing leader

worthy rose
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THERE IS other than the one on the table?

alpine pawn
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isnt rein the leaeder?

dawn topaz
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The massive armor at the end of the map

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his mentor or whatever died there

alpine pawn
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but yeah i imagine that many creatures killed a bunch of peasants

dawn topaz
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and the armor is in the exact same position as it was in his dying moments, just overgrown

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so I'd assume the bones are there too

alpine pawn
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oh you mean main aichenwalde alv

worthy rose
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where in the map is it?

dawn topaz
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in the castle

alpine pawn
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at the last room

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yeah were you escort the payload

dawn topaz
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there is a massive throne with a reinhardt sized armor

worthy rose
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its reinhearts mentors armor

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the skin geiefheart is that armor i think

dawn topaz
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"Balderich von Adler"

alpine pawn
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is from glory and honor

worthy rose
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yea i rember it now

dawn topaz
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oh wait

worthy rose
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im so used to the halloween eichenwalde

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i forgot it existed

dawn topaz
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playing on the map is actually a mission to retrieve the corpse

worthy rose
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WHAT!?

dawn topaz
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yeah apparently that's the goal of the attacking team

worthy rose
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i dont see it anywhere

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im looking in my achievements now

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i dont see it still :/

dawn topaz
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I guess the wiki is asspulling

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Though there isn't really any other reason to return to that abandoned castle

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then again game is barely canon

limpid agate
dawn topaz
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The wiki says that eichenwaldes objective is to retrieve/defend balderich's body

limpid agate
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Yes

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Blame Blizzard not the wiki

dawn topaz
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ah

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yeah alright the wiki had a weird source on that

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I'm suprised they didn't give reinhardt a king of adlersbrunn skin

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considering every other goofy creature from junkenstein's revenge and all that does have a skin

limpid agate
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The others are bosses

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Rein doesn't make an appearance

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I agree though

iron plume
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well, that or playable heroes

dense nebula
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He narrates it, but in the new event he’s the lord of Adlersbrunn

limpid agate
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Should have been a skin

iron plume
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and considering the choices in the new one, it's not exactly subtle that the skins come first

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so maybe he would have an appearance if he had one

alpine pawn
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oh i do hope kiriko doesnt get the lux effect

viral obsidian
iron gorge
formal heart
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Giving that Hammond is a hamster, he should be able to leave his ball and crawl around/ recon

peak escarp
alpine pawn
alpine pawn
peak escarp
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Kiriko isnt relevant enough to the plot to get all the cinematics

alpine pawn
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yeah fair

formal heart
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He smol

alpine pawn
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but then again most people outside lol dont know arhi and yet she gets everywhere despite not being that important yet

alpine pawn
iron plume
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There's no reason for it in gameplay

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and they're not gonna have you shooting an exposed small animal with a T rating

alpine pawn
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which is funny if you consider theres technically a hamsters corpse ingame sometimes

formal heart
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Guys hampter think of the possibilities

alpine pawn
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besides personality wise i think hammond doesnt like leaving wrecking ball i dont think hell ever do it during combat

formal heart
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Make him bouncy put him in a ball

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Maybe even a grappling hook

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And guns

peak escarp
alpine pawn
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which is just a theory but may be related to the chaos in horizon since there he didnt seem to have problems stealthing about

mellow flicker
alpine pawn
dreamy epoch
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I love ball's voice

worthy rose
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@dreamy epoch both ball and hammond are voiced by real people :, )

dreamy epoch
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yeah it's neat

grim pawn
split granite
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Hello gc

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New hero soon cannot wait to see who hope we get origin story soon

past copper
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I’m willing to bet the new hero gets a cinematic or something. They did it for Ashe and Bob, which also gave us our first look at Echo

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So it’s not impossible we get a new hero and cinematic with them

split granite
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Sojourn cinematic hasn’t released yet? Possibly connected to new hero which is why it was delayed

past copper
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Though you think the early reveal tomorrow is to distract from Kiriko? Her character/presence is getting a lot of diverse opinions after all

split granite
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Nah they always announce stuff early November

past copper
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And what better way to take people’s eyes off her than with a new hero reveal?

split granite
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Sombra moira Ashe and OW2 all got announced around this same time so I think it’s purely coincidence

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Ofc nothing was announced in 2020 or 2021 but that’s a bit different

past copper
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If you say so, but the diversity and controversy surrounding Kiriko can’t go ignored forever

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Blizzard added her. Now they have to figure her out. They can’t just put off a character they can’t seem to solidify the lore on

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I’m just saying that the lore was solid before Kiriko was added and now a piece of the lore is broken. Now they can’t seem to fix it

split granite
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I doubt they will put her off
Kiriko is still a very beloved character
Also a cinematic and I believe she got a short story too
Not much more they can give her now until pve releases

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What lore is broken?

peak escarp
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what controversy?

past copper
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Mostly her age and what she’s done up until her cinematic

split granite
peak escarp
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have people not noticed that every single hero is a stereotype?

split granite
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Oh no it wasn’t that it was way funnier the reasoning

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People thought that she was racist purely because they gave her a wall climb and so blizzard thought everyone in Japan was a ninja DoomfistWhat

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Ah of course 3 heroes that trained together therefore having similar abilities = all of Japan is the same
Flawless logic from intelligent people

peak escarp
split granite
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It got a bit of attention but I haven’t heard anyone mention it after a week of her announcement

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Anyway though yeah I strongly doubt the new hero is to cover up controversy though

past copper
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I thought it was due to her anime abilities, but honestly that one sounds dumber

peak escarp
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it makes sense for her to have the same abilities as Genji/Hanzo since they trained together

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if she was unrelated, then it wouldn't make sense

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contrary to popular belief, they don't make announcements to cover controversy

split granite
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I feel like it’s said all the time despite blizzard having a clear plan for when they wanna announce stuff

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People said overwatch2 itself was only made to cover up controversy

past copper
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Also, issues or not, I kinda think what would help the game as a whole is to either lower their ship prices or earn coins alongside BP points. Maybe it would cut down on negativity for a spell so people can enjoy the game/lore again

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Though, I guess that’s a pipe dream

split granite
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I highly doubt they are revealing a new hero to distract from the games issues though
They will still be there regardless I think this is blizzard just trynna get us excited with a big announcement after the biggest overwatch esports event of the year

torpid tulip
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I think they are adding new heroes to change the meta, making it more fun for players above metal ranks

grim pawn
peak escarp
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they've already made one for her

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we've seen bits of it

grim pawn
#

ohh

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so much sojorne...

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kinda sucks for me cuz i dont find her that interesting 😅 but im sure her fans are eating well

past copper
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Honestly, that seems more like it’s for the PvE cut scenes

peak escarp
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we were told it was a cinematic

past copper
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I think either one is possible. It’s not like Sojourn just hoped right into battle when Null Sector appeared. She’d need a moment to gear up

grim pawn
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are they trying to make sojourne the new face of overwatch 2 do you think

past copper
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Though, I do wonder who the second coffee is for. I doubt the dog would be drinking it lol

grim pawn
#

she needs 2 coffees to start her day

past copper
#

Well Tracer was the face of OW1 so maybe Sojourn is the new face

peak escarp
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"I'm very excited for everybody to learn a little bit about what she's been up to in the time after [the fall of Overwatch]. We have a cinematic in development that I think people are really going to love that goes into this a little more."

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the second coffee is probably for Reinhardt - we heard dialogue from him in the Season 1 trailer that isn't from any existing cinematics

past copper
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That depends on if Reinhardt ever went to Canada in his lifetime. Though, we may find out in her book

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I wonder though if Reinhardt is in it, could it be for that stealth mission that he messed up

peak escarp
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the book is set 30 years ago during the crisis

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the cinematic is present day

past copper
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Well if it’s in the present, I doubt it could be Reinhardt. Because he was either traveling Europe or rejoined Overwatch. But until we see the cinematic it’s hard to say

peak escarp
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or he rejoined Overwatch then went to go ask Sojourn to come back

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not that unbelievable

past copper
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Or another possibility is Efi. Her book ended with her and Orisa traveling somewhere hinting at Sojourn

peak escarp
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I don't think she'd be bringing a child a coffee

past copper
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Well, it may not be coffee or it could be. Remember, Efi grew up in Numbani and I doubt they get snow in Numbani. Which Canada is known for. So drinking something warm would help her in such a cold place

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It could also very well be hot cocoa instead of coffee in one cup

peak escarp
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in fact we know Reinhardt shows up in Toronto at some point because the rest of Overwatch goes there too for a mission

past copper
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That looks more like it’s supposed to be in the PvE. But really it’s hard say what’s cinematic or story mode cut scene anymore

peak escarp
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I'm referring to the PvE

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we know one of the missions is set in Toronto

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(but mostly I just wanted to share that gif because I love the animation)

past copper
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True, but I don’t think they’ll have much time to chitchat since they know where Null Sector’s attacking. Though, I suppose they could get a days head start before Null Sector invades

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That seems to be the case when meeting up with Torbjörn and Bastion in his hometown

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At least in my eyes. Bc it looks like they try to get Torbjörn’s help, find a Bastion unit living with him which triggers Rein, they stop a fight between the two, then Null Sector appears in the city

fresh hare
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i don't understand, why are some people apart of talon but you can still play them as good guys

peak escarp
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because the game isn't canon to the lore

fresh hare
mellow flicker
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So is Junkrat canonically an OW member now

peak escarp
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no

keen stump
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ik kiriko is said to be in her 20s but i swear sometimes i look at her and i think she’s even younger than dva, idk if it’s her petite build, very youthful appearance, cocky/snarky attitude, or a combination of all of the above, but sumn about her just screams “teenager” to me

grand wedge
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She is 19-20

peak escarp
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she's at least 20

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she wouldn't be living on her own if she was a teenager

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she's getting tech from omnics

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but not Null sector omnics

grand wedge
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And since Russia is very anti omnic…

dawn topaz
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And I can bet you that it's gonna be a skin in the future

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Especially since the kitsune has a different look too

keen summit
peak escarp
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her age was not retconned

coral geyser
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Is sombra that girl from the soldier 76 cinematic trailer

peak escarp
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no

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that's Alejandra

white hawk
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i know lore

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genji solos

keen summit
# peak escarp her age was not retconned

Yes i know but you cannot tell me kiriko and genji are 15 years apart it just feels so weird as they trained together and she looked about 5 while genji amd hanzo looked 10-16 not 20

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soooo today new hero teaser im so excited

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my list of likely candidates are: 1 mauga 2 Storm rising omnic (more likely close to pve but there also was the silhoettes with one who was a hooded figure and had crooked staff, mage look which null sector has) 3 sanjay, least likely but i could see him being tanl

dawn topaz
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I'd like to see some of the scrapped characters from project titan to return

keen summit
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all heroes we got in ow2 so far have been long time knowns, only kiriko who was teased i think 2020?

keen summit
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here is the post i mean when i say silhoettes

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everything is accurate, it describes kiriko's first design, that there were 3 females

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@grand wedge sorry for ping but got few things to add for proof

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first up
your overwatch mentioned mauga is unlikely to be it
why? well this is point 2, the team wants to introduce more unique tanks. Mauga is well very obviously a top tier canidate for another brawl tank, that fits him. Null sector leader can be anything. Could give buffs, be more defensive etc etc

restive crown
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Mauga gonna have a staff?

keen summit
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also hoenstly, Ill call him null for easier talking, null would bring so much more to the story, he could have connections to god programs cuz it was in anubis, could tell us the motives of null sector, does he know about the iris? what does null sector think of omnics who seek out the iris? What are the plans of talon and null sector? Mauga i love alot as a character but honestly he wouldnt bring that much i think, he'd bring probs some knowledge about current talon but he isnt an high importance member of talon and he also isnt the type to pry and ask what their plans are

keen summit
restive crown
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14 hrs left

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We know one of the next 3 heroes has a staff

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2*

keen summit
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ill post gwadeals post here too

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but i added a bit to it

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  • null sector is known to have mage aesthetics
keen summit
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it was 3 females and 1 male

grand wedge
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Yeah i didn't want to theorized about his lore yet, just pointing out fact that the under NDA cc are acting weird toward this omnic

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My other speculation about the map, is that it's going to be Nepal. Because we have seen blurbs of it, just like we saw blurb if Esperança while OW2 was teased

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and before they officially announce the map

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So if it's Nepal? An Omnic can be related to Nepal. He could have witness Aurora transcendance. He could have been former Shambali. To another path à la Dark Vador.

grand wedge
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And then I remember that thing about Zenyatta :

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He is uning some dark energy with Discord

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Now

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Discord was non canon - but then, now we have Kiriko and Spirit world

restive crown
#

So we know its a tank, a male, and thats it?

keen summit
#

what if hes directly opposed to the iris

restive crown
#

The new hero

grand wedge
#

And do you know where eles that weird purple dark energy? We've seen it somewhere else

keen summit
restive crown
grand wedge
grand wedge
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In Toronto

keen summit
grand wedge
#

The Iris imagery in Nepal has always been yellowish

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but there is this werd tag in Toronto

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The same motto as the Shambali, but purple/dark?

restive crown
#

You think theyll add the shield feature from torb back but into the new tank?

keen summit
#

zen legit has a line to mercy about "sometimes what you dont understand seems like magic

restive crown
#

Yeah

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He would give shield to team mates

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Maybe this new tank can give shield to surrounding teamates similar to junker queens yell

keen summit
grand wedge
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Legit is this Dark Omnic knew Mondatta and Zenyatta at some point, i'll go feral over it

grand wedge
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all that

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there can't be light without darkness whatever

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big in a lot of works/videogames

keen summit
keen summit
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and mondatta died recently, null and doom talked BEFORE that

grand wedge
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I feel like
Mondatta : only light
Zenyatta : ballanced
Dark Omnic : dark side

grand wedge
#

Zenyatta parted ways with the Shambali at some point remember? To experiment his own path

keen summit
#

so what if null got talon to kill mondatta

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cuz then null had no counterpart

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see where im going with this?

grand wedge
#

ObiWan/Vador? xD

keen summit
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Without mondatta the iris grows out of control, zenyatta is closest to the iris because the iris is balanced

keen summit
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but if one falls it gets bad

grand wedge
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oh, but the Iris is like.. a concept for now - like some spiritual state of beeing that make you connect with others

keen summit
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no matter what it is. Zen can wield both

grand wedge
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Maybe that's why Zen will "trancend" at some point ? Because he got it. He will be connected to the Iris because he found the balanced

keen summit
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and if we take this theory of yin-yang zen is yin-yang while mondatta and null are the other ones

grand wedge
#

damn, you hyped me xD

keen summit
#

the iris wants omnics to be sentient

grand wedge
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if we are too far in the speculative world, i'll be very sad gwadaCry

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I mean, they are all sentients

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already

keen summit
#

null believes its best to make sure that omnics are free through making it forced, radical side, the well aggressive side while mondatta did it through peacefull ways

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zen instead decides to not do any of those

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he just teaches others who ask and focusses on himself.

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That way they become more their own person instead of just a spokes person or a person who takes unnecessary action

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and also it would explain his intentions

grand wedge
#

I can't stay to chat more unfortunately, but it was nice debating that kind of things

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so thanks gwadaeLove

keen summit
worthy rose
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Bruh

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Genji literally means healing 💀

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Blizzard knew what they were doing with the names

keen summit
worthy rose
#

Well we turned it into a meme

keen summit
#

also where do you have that from

worthy rose
#

Wat

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Uncle Google

keen summit
#

ah no found it

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thing is it also means peace

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which he now has

worthy rose
keen summit
#

it means source heal and peace, the source of his pain: being almost murdered, he healed from it and then found peace

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gwadeal i noticed another thing...

keen summit
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take a look at stylosa's thumbnail. hes known for well being very direct bout stuff. The null omnic has green outline all others have red outline

dawn topaz
#

BastionCap Bastion has some complicated lore

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Because you can interpret him as alot of things

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Like the sole survivor of a war, filled with ptsd, and healing from that with the help of nature and his friends

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Or an oversized playful child.

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Or just...a robot that learned to live

ivory cove
#

Winston’s favorite candy is butterfinger

grand wedge
#

Or if he just doesn't care

keen summit
#

stylosa did that stuff in the past too

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like saying with 'ideas' for characters like what if we got A in overwatch

grand wedge
#

and suspiciously, he isn't speculating much about Dark Omnic - whereas Mauga

split granite
#

Did someone say mauga????

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Aka next hero??

keen summit
#

dont get me wrong i love mauga

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but null omnic would bring 5 times more lore

keen summit
grand wedge
grand wedge
#

not on speculation

keen summit
split granite
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Yeah Ik SRO is more likely It’s just pure cope I just really want mauga MercyCope

keen summit
#

doesnt mean mauga never will come

split granite
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Oh yeah mauga definitely will come out eventually they all but confirmed it

keen summit
#

but next tank would also be sum new type they wanted for diversity, mauga would only work as brawl

split granite
#

Yeah unfortunately that’s true

keen summit
#

curveball: its maximillian controlling a mech from far away

split granite
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I’d rather mauga be done right though so idm waiting if it means he won’t be rushed

split granite
#

I saw people theorise sanjay would be a tank that pilots a mech
I highly doubt that that doesn’t fit his character at all

keen summit
#

we only know his fronts

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how he acts

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he might be hella interested in trying out hardlight at max destruction

split granite
#

That would be cool

keen summit
#

yeah

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hardlight you can make any role

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a hardlight oriented tank would be hella cool

grand wedge
#

That's why Sanjay is asked.

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But now, we have : DUROVIDRO

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another tech

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could be use for soemthing too

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in fighting & hero i mean

keen summit
#

that one i havent heard of yet

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lookin it up

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ehhh

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im not sure

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in numbani we also had those cool omnic designs just cause

bitter kayak
#

I have a question lore gods

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is dva older than brig?

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actually nvm someone answered my question

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DVA IS YOUNGER?

keen summit
#

Cláudio Martins returned to his homeland with his husband
small detail in the stuff bout durovidro

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another lgbtq character

grand wedge
#

ton build the wall to protect Portugal (and Spain) from the rising waters

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It's a material as hard as diamonds

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so it could be used to build cities (that's what i'm expecting with atcaltic archology)

keen summit
#

also: anubis was important for omnic crisis

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did a check if the husband of cladio was with mei

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but no so still alive

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there is a spain person but name doesnt add up

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man i hope its null omnic now tbh

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one reason

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to see all those "its confirmed to be mauga!" people be like WHAT

grand wedge
#

I'd be desapointed if it was not the Omnic because of the clues that are all there

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And like you said : Mauga look brawly. And JQ was just added, and she is close range

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idk, i feel a fresh kit that can go with the Omnic tech or whatever, could be great?

keen summit
#

Btw another thing..

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Sojourn cinematic is still missing

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There were null sector hints on her map

#

What if "its all connected"

dawn topaz
#

Midjourn

keen summit
#

Who knows maybe itll be a reveal like ashe's

grand wedge
#

There are the weird Iris painting on Toronto…

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« What if » right?

keen summit
frigid ermine
#

Engineer gaming

bitter kayak
#

What are the worst overwatch ships

keen summit
#

all of em

bitter kayak
#

💀

carmine spoke
#

Moira’s cool

dawn topaz
worthy rose
#

Reaper x Soldier

dawn topaz
#

Reaper x Soldier is fine tbh, especially since Jack is canonically gay

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Same with Tracer x Widow

dawn topaz
#

It's fine.

worthy rose
#

Although Winston x Tracer is worse

dawn topaz
#

what the fuck

worthy rose
#

Reaper x Soldier is still ew though

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Imo at least

dawn topaz
#

McHanzo HanzoDisbelief

keen summit
#

canzo

worthy rose
#

Isnt tracer canonically dating that girl called emily or something

dawn topaz
#

Yeah

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But I think the Widow x Tracer thing was before emily was known

worthy rose
#

Their both hot so that's fine

#

Oh yeah but like thatd just be bc of horny artists lol

dawn topaz
#

And now people want to have Tracer live 2 relationships at the same time

worthy rose
#

Worst ship ive seen is definitely hanzo x genji

worthy rose
dawn topaz
#

That was meant about the Widow x Tracer and Tracer x Emily being mashed together

dawn topaz
worthy rose
#

So polyamory

#

How about Widow x Emily x Tracer

#

AAAAA

dawn topaz
worthy rose
#

That would make some mean fanart ngl

#

Tracer becomes polyamorous next conematic

#

Cinematic

dawn topaz
#

Although Widow seems like the kind of woman to not get into any more relationships

worthy rose
#

Yeah

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And she tried killing tracer

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Even as a bait to get her to move

#

But she 100% wouldve shot her if she hadnt

dawn topaz
worthy rose
#

Lmao

#

I ship Winston x anyone

#

Id like to see like a humanised winston

#

But at the same time

dawn topaz
#

Do animals still exist

worthy rose
#

Winston is thick ngl

#

Thatd just be beast from marvel

dawn topaz
#

Like are there still...zoos in the overwatch universe?

worthy rose
#

Likely

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Winston is too smart though

dawn topaz
#

I'd think that'd make for an interresting story for winston

worthy rose
#

All thats there is omnics

split granite
#

Hello chat

dawn topaz
#

going to the zoo and meeting hot monke lady

#

embed failure

#

laugh at this user

worthy rose
#

Winston x genji is the most toxic ship

worthy rose
#

He's the strongest character too in lore

dawn topaz
#

Echo:

worthy rose
#

Echo can't win tho

dawn topaz
#

(she is already winston)

worthy rose
#

Most powerful or most strong

split granite
#

Please god not overwatch powerscaling

worthy rose
dawn topaz
#

Not in the overwatch league

keen summit
worthy rose
#

Id say on lore probably symetra or sigma would be

keen summit
#

cuz everybody seems to just believe one thing and not be open

worthy rose
limpid agate
#

The strongest hero is one of:

  • Sigma
  • Winston
  • Orisa
  • Symmetra
#

Theres your top listing

worthy rose
#

Or at least imo

split granite
limpid agate
#

Not and Doomfist

#

Doomfist lost a fistfight to Winston

worthy rose
#

I hate Sigma

limpid agate
#

And Doomfist had the gauntlet

#

Winston is a mary sue

split granite
#

Oh yeah the guy who can level a skyscraper isn’t strong

dawn topaz
#

In an empty 1v1 setting, doomfist beats winston because winston wouldn't go angry DoomfistThumbsUp

limpid agate
#

He cant level a skyscraper

split granite
#

Yes he can

limpid agate
#

No, he cant

keen summit
worthy rose
limpid agate
#

Some 8 year old said he could

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What we see in comics, shorts, and hero of numbani is

#

He cant

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He can damage one

#

He cant level one

worthy rose
#

8 yro is the snartest ow character

#

No feats even support that statement

keen summit
dawn topaz
#

The real question is, is doomfist the strong one, or is it the gauntlet

keen summit
#

doom defo is strong but not as strong as those

limpid agate
#

Doomfist is strong

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The gauntlet enhances it

worthy rose
#

Dooms definitely strong eitherway

worthy rose
limpid agate
#

But Winston is a mary sue

keen summit
worthy rose
#

But super strong w gauntlet

keen summit
dawn topaz
#

Ok but can winston beat goku?

split granite
#

Hypocritical logic
We haven’t seen sigma do anything at all

worthy rose
keen summit
# limpid agate But Winston is a mary sue

still hate that part of his lore though, we get shown hwo powerfull doom is and then loses to winston who later in zero hour takes time flipping a car and pulling it, while doom just cracked the ground with a punch sending everything flying, easily rips off a door

dawn topaz
keen summit
limpid agate
#

With power that we dont know the limits of

keen summit
#

orisa is insanely powerfull, always makes me laugh a creation from a kid is in the upper echelon of power

keen summit
dawn topaz
#

I mean, she is based on a very powerful omnic

keen summit
dawn topaz
#

one that would even give the god among men, reinhardt, a (rein)hard time

keen summit
#

if efi becomes a engineer with factories she could rule the world

dawn topaz
keen summit
worthy rose
#

Creating anything

keen summit
split granite
#

The only scale of reference we have for winston and orisa is they beat doomfist and if he can’t level a skyscraper then their strength isn’t really all that either

worthy rose
#

Still Winston imo

#

Could build a bomb inside of sigma and kill him instantly

#

Sigma doesn't compare

keen summit
limpid agate
#

Orisa is extremely durable

dawn topaz
split granite
#

Ok orisa can stop a car doomfist can do that too?

keen summit
worthy rose
#

Doom needs a buff in game

keen summit
#

thats 0 percent attacking then

split granite
#

She was trying to stop the car

dawn topaz
#

no amount of german science can combat the scariest opponent of them all: plot armor

worthy rose
#

Desperately

split granite
#

She deliberately stopped the car

worthy rose
limpid agate
#

They showed that scene in the novel

#

She totals the car without actively trying to do anything about it

split granite
limpid agate
#

Just by standing in front of it

dawn topaz
#

Can we end this discussion with a quote by stan lee: The winner of a fight is whoever the writers want to win.

split granite
#

That is true

worthy rose
#

Sure

limpid agate
#

@dawn topaz There is a difference between the winner of a fight and this power scaling

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Reaper was often thought to be a contender for the strongest

#

And he often lost in the lore

worthy rose
#

Winston beat Reaper twice tho

limpid agate
#

Code of Violence showed that he is much more normal than previously thought

worthy rose
split granite
#

I’m not saying orisa is weak I’m just saying it makes no sense to say she’s one of the strongest character but doom isn’t when we’ve seen and hears more impressive things from him

limpid agate
#

Whereas with Doomfist. Doomfist lost a fist fight with Winston.

limpid agate
#

It wasnt Winston beating him through other means or being clever

keen summit
worthy rose
split granite
limpid agate
#

It was Winston just doing waht Doomfist does, but better

split granite
limpid agate
#

Again, we saw that scene in the novel

#

Did you read the novel?

keen summit
dawn topaz
#

In morbius x and y people get into a fight because x has an experimental cure to his and y's disease and y doesn't want to wait until the risks are removed

limpid agate
#

She didnt try to stop it. She just stood there

#

And destroyed it

dawn topaz
#

And then they morb eachother

keen summit
limpid agate
#

Not you

worthy rose
#

Tbf tho if the gauntlet is so powerful why would anyone just put it in a museum

limpid agate
#

The person denying it.

worthy rose
keen summit
#

yeah i love orisa it thats why i just focus much on her

keen summit
dawn topaz
split granite
limpid agate
#

Yes he is

limpid agate
#

But hes not a contender for #1

split granite
#

However

keen summit
#

but not on the level of those

limpid agate
#

He could be #2. He could be #5

worthy rose
#

Doomfist is above Reaper but below Winston

limpid agate
#

But he's not a contender for #1

worthy rose
split granite
#

If you’re gonna believe that orisa beat doomfist then you have to believe he can level a skyscraper

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Unless it’s in the Nobel?

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Nove

worthy rose
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Why?

split granite
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NOVEL

limpid agate
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Its in the novel

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That he cant level skyscrapers

split granite
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oh ok nvm then

keen summit
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sigma can control gravity, orisa can take any hits basically and is strong enough to hit back harder, winston has shit ton of feats to show hes strong, sym can create ANYTHING

split granite
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Orisa beats doomfist in her novel ok I was wrong

dawn topaz
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Doomfist only makes craters in the ground. Nowhere near building level by feats

keen summit
limpid agate
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This was in the novel

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This was the most damage that was possible

split granite
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with lucio who well isnt really strong

limpid agate
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Orisa has also since been upgraded since that encounter

worthy rose
limpid agate
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She didnt even have a gun back then

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Just a lasso

split granite
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It’s insane how powerful orisa is
I’m all for it I like the idea numbani has this insanely powerful defender

keen summit
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orisa is defo in the top group

limpid agate
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The supercharger was basically just a speaker

dawn topaz
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but not like

worthy rose
split granite
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I really hope orisa doesn’t join overwatch though
I’d hate if just every good hero in the game was apart of ow

worthy rose
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well orisa is in highest echelons

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till we know sym and sigmas limitations we cant say how strong those are

dawn topaz
split granite
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Sigma is probably most powerful in terms of abilities but would probably lose a fight because he’s unstable

keen summit
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if they are as limitless as they seem then sigma is defo strongest

worthy rose
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Omnics vs humans is literally just racism

split granite
limpid agate
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Its a bad placeholder for racism

worthy rose
limpid agate
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The omnics as a race can be functionally mind controlled against their will to murder everyone they know.

worthy rose
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He likely will be when he gets FEATS

keen summit
limpid agate
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And people want to suppress them because of that.

worthy rose
keen summit
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the omnics are made with a purpose

limpid agate
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Its a very bad standin for racism

keen summit
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people arent

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i think honestly the conflict is more a metaphor for how protests go

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null sector is radical

split granite
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Regardless of how they were made they are alive and considered their own race
To think lesser of them is racist

keen summit
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mondatta was peacefull

limpid agate
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Because there is justification in suppressing the omnics as a people, considering they can, you know... Bring about the apocalypse directly and murder you without their own consent

dawn topaz
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God I hate getting brainwashed into killing people, especially my loved ones.

WidowWut

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Lol

keen summit
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they are going for racism thats obvious tho

worthy rose
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Yep

dawn topaz
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like with junkertown people have generational racism cuz the first people there hated omnics so new people do too

bitter kayak
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its a bad standin i agree with taiga but they are defo going for that style

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i honestly am hopin the predictions are correct and its the storm rising omnic for next hero